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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
6
General Werter denies confiscating insurgent property arguing none exists. The Spanish commander Weyler is mocked as a humorist and his undermanned army is described as home sick while insurgents cause trouble in Cuba.
Kansas counties shrink from seven to three to cut costs after a November tally under 1,000 votes. A single county seat will handle court writs and tax matters as the buffalo returns to its ancient range and the region echoes the pre civilized plains.
The piece ridicules a Mont leader named McPhet ridge who forecast a cold winter based on bones and superstition. It notes Hoosier journalists doubt such wisdom and praises Brother Mo as a capable hunter, hoping his predictions might come true to boost Isdiana’s pride and weather forecasting credibility.
A spirited Kansas style critique mulls over Estelle Davieson formerly Estelle Mae Davieson being elected Prosecuting Attorney of Brown County Nebraska. The piece contrasts civic duty with personal dramatic language and touches on urban schooling shortages and farmer fortunes nationwide.
A New York World report accuses Spain of mass slaughter in Cuba under Weyler. It claims Cuban prisoners are butchered, civilians harmed, and women sexually outraged as native troops and Spanish columns terrorize farms and plantations. The piece cites the London Times endorsing U.S. intervention.
Dr Talmage delivers a Washington Sunday sermon from I Kings xiv 6 on the queen of Tirzah in disguise. He warns that wickedness uses others to carry out crimes and that God exposes dupes and impostors, citing Burr, Arnold, and Andre to illustrate conspiracy and judgment.
The speaker proclaims unwavering belief that life is in God's hand amid apocalyptic images and divine love. He affirms that even tragedy and judgment cannot disturb divine arrangement and cites comforting descriptions of God's presence for orphans widows and outcasts. The passage ends with a humorous obituary aside about preaching funerals.
A Chicago Post note on gas bills shows fear of a new pricing precedent as a family argues over costs. The Washington Evening Star cartoon caption and Philadelphia North American jokes follow, including a German lesson anecdote and humorous wordplay from the Cornfed Philosopher.
A collage of curiosities reports on diet trends in Siberia and Italy, limited rail in China, a two year orange, exotic rice paper trees in Florida, a Belgium rooster crowing at 337 per hour, and silver and gold rings in Greek marriage rites. It notes a rhinoceros horn growth on skin, lemon juice boosting seafood demand, an ancient Crusader-era air, and a Milwaukee boardinghouse suit for a $5232 board bill. Additional items include Babylon bricks dated anciently, Matthew Smith’s seven wolves yielding $105, a muskrat breakfast scene in Maine, a 70-year prisoner seeking Wanpan State Prison, and Boston’s Ames dog kennel cost $2000. Darlington butter sold high in Chester County for twenty years, a Roman shield boss in the British Museum, and a Naubinwar hen that refuses to lay on a feather bed.
An anecdote recounted by Charlie Morton of Air Bene Texas recalls riding a bucking pony that wrecked a saloon and knocked him unconscious for two hours. Morton notes that even skilled riders can be thrown unexpectedly and that he no longer enjoys breaking or riding bucking ponies.
The text explains speed in knots and tenths, defining a sea mile as 47 feet 4 inches per knot. It describes soaking logs, marking stray line with knots, dividing divisions into five parts, and uses terms like two-tenths division and one knot equals 6033 feet or 1.15 statute miles.
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